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<blockquote data-quote="Storyteller Hero" data-source="post: 8902850" data-attributes="member: 6813635"><p>IMO, the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing would be the adversary for this particular conflict, not the Hasbro overlords. The Hasbro overlords are the ones who can replace and/or fire the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing.</p><p></p><p>The Hasbro overlords care about profit margins, and delegate the decision-making on how to reach said profit margins.</p><p></p><p>The WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing care about keeping their jobs, and are the ones deciding how to reach their <strong>revenue</strong> <strong>quotas</strong>, pressured on them by Hasbro.</p><p></p><p>Attacking both together, or the wrong one, is moving backwards if one wants to actually make anything improve for the future of the DnD brand.</p><p></p><p>The <strong>objective</strong> of boycotters should be to grab Hasbro's attention and focus it towards the WotC execs in charge of the DnD brand and licensing. That does NOT require reducing revenue to zero. It just requires making sure that WotC does not meet its <strong>revenue</strong> <strong>quota</strong> from Hasbro. Taking hits on DnD Beyond, cards, toys, and 1st party supplements is more than enough to achieve that objective. The <strong>desired result</strong> (at least for anyone who still enjoys DnD) should be imo the next version of OGL being palatable to 3rd party publishers, and a statement agreeing that OGL 1.0a is irrevocable.</p><p></p><p>It's also important to separate the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing from the employees who have nothing to do with the decision-making, otherwise it's easier for responsible parties to paint the boycotters in a poor light if they need to deflect blame away from decisions that may have reduced earnings (and their audience for those meetings is not the consumers, but their bosses at Hasbro).</p><p></p><p>My suggestion would also be to wait and see for now in the wake of WotC's response to the DnD Beyond boycott, but keep the discussion alive so that more are aware of the situation, and try not to go overboard as more than a few may be doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storyteller Hero, post: 8902850, member: 6813635"] IMO, the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing would be the adversary for this particular conflict, not the Hasbro overlords. The Hasbro overlords are the ones who can replace and/or fire the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing. The Hasbro overlords care about profit margins, and delegate the decision-making on how to reach said profit margins. The WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing care about keeping their jobs, and are the ones deciding how to reach their [B]revenue[/B] [B]quotas[/B], pressured on them by Hasbro. Attacking both together, or the wrong one, is moving backwards if one wants to actually make anything improve for the future of the DnD brand. The [B]objective[/B] of boycotters should be to grab Hasbro's attention and focus it towards the WotC execs in charge of the DnD brand and licensing. That does NOT require reducing revenue to zero. It just requires making sure that WotC does not meet its [B]revenue[/B] [B]quota[/B] from Hasbro. Taking hits on DnD Beyond, cards, toys, and 1st party supplements is more than enough to achieve that objective. The [B]desired result[/B] (at least for anyone who still enjoys DnD) should be imo the next version of OGL being palatable to 3rd party publishers, and a statement agreeing that OGL 1.0a is irrevocable. It's also important to separate the WotC execs in charge of DnD brand and licensing from the employees who have nothing to do with the decision-making, otherwise it's easier for responsible parties to paint the boycotters in a poor light if they need to deflect blame away from decisions that may have reduced earnings (and their audience for those meetings is not the consumers, but their bosses at Hasbro). My suggestion would also be to wait and see for now in the wake of WotC's response to the DnD Beyond boycott, but keep the discussion alive so that more are aware of the situation, and try not to go overboard as more than a few may be doing. [/QUOTE]
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